Monthly Recap: March
Guys, how the eff is it already April? Trust me, I realize how cliche the whole time flies deal is, but for reals…time is flying. March was a long month, and for the most part a productive month. And since I am already epically failing at my yearly goal to journal on a regular basis, I gotta keep doing these posts so they kind of sort of count. So here’s the lowdown on March!
On the goals front: Goals for March were to give blood, book one wedding, read four books, post four selfies, finish the editing on book #1, and create a TBR jar. I’m happy to say I can check off all of my goals except for the selfie front, and in my defense, I was sick for like two weeks out of the month and sick does not a good selfie make. So I’m giving myself a pass on that one.
On the writing front: On paper, the writing front sucked in March. I did finish my Casting Call edits, which is awesome and time-consuming and something I’m happy to have off my plate. I only posted eight blog posts in March, which was mostly due to the being sick deal, but still, not as much as I would have liked. Kind of the real bummer for March is that I basically accomplished zero new writing. I got an idea for a new direction for my YA book, but when I sat down to make it happen, I didn’t love it like I thought I would so I kind of scrapped the whole thing. That seems like a waste of time, but in the long run, I think it is going to actually help me get refocused on the manuscript and where I want to take it.
On the reading front: Major ass whooping happening here. I read EIGHT books this month. Yeah, that’s right. EIGHT. Go me. I read: Glass Spare, Forever Red, You Are a Badass, Pasta Wars, Sandcastle Empire, Singles Game, Three Sisters Three Queens, and The Hazel Wood. My two favorites were Forever Red and Pasta Wars, and I also really dug You Are a Badass.
On the movie front: I saw four more movies this month: Wrinkle in Time, Thoroughbreds, Hamlet, and Red Sparrow. To be honest, I didn’t love any of them, though Thoroughbreds was very well written and Benedict Cumberbatch is by far my favorite Hamlet of all time.
On the MCU front: Guys….I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself. I’m almost done with the required portion of the MCU challenge. I have a few episodes of Agents of SHIELD, and Thor and Black Panther (both of which I’ve already seen) left to watch before Infinity War. I’m going to go back and at least try Iron Fist and the Defenders, but I don’t have high hopes given how much I hated the other Netflix series. I’m seriously going to have withdrawals.
On the yearly goals front: I got to check off my first box! I gave blood early in March and I can officially mark off the first box on my list. Technically I could also mark off revising and expanding Casting Call, but even though I’ve finished another round of edits, I’m not sure it’s totally complete just yet. But progress is being made, and that’s always a good thing.
Overall: I’m hoping for a healthier April so that I can get back on track with writing and continuing to make progress on my works in progress. I plan to send out some queries this month, so I’m hopeful that will get my ass back in gear. Even though March wasn’t a stellar month, I still accomplished some goals and I’m headed in the right direction!
